…and this site is fertile ground for those seeking to spread the word of Jesus Christ. The readership here is far more in need of the word than Egypt, Colombia, Iraq, Solomon Islands, Malaysia, Zambia, Togo, Austria, Pakistan or Iran. So, please, get a bible. They’re free, and if you don’t take them, they’ll be sent off to some poor innocent in some nice country like Egypt, Colombia, Iraq, Solomon Islands, Malaysia, Zambia, Togo, Austria, Pakistan or Iran, where they aren’t needed as much.

I imagine it’s because Jebus keeps telling them to print them. You know, the imaginary voices in their heads.
I always keep a Bible handy. Do you have any idea how many times I’ve proven a point to a faithful Christian by using the book they’ve supposedly read? It’s the best fatal blow I can think of. Unfortunately, they never seem to see it that way.

Besides giving me a pleasant memory of hearing They Might Be Giants sing “Alphabet of Nations” this weekend… I think I may be missing the point. Sure, by taking a bible, (very much like taking a bullet), we save some poor schmoe in a foreign land, but, really – how many bibles can you take? 2? 10? 20? They won’t stop printing the damned things. You might selflessly leap on one grenade, but how are you going to get up and do it over and over again, (to muddle up my simile).

One of the door to door types gave me a Book Of Mormon a few years back. Had no use for it, obviously, but I have to admit it was pretty nice. Actual leather cover, beautiful end papers, solid binding. It’s still on a shelf in my house somewhere.

Besides giving me a pleasant memory of hearing They Might Be Giants sing “Alphabet of Nations” this weekend… I think I may be missing the point. Sure, by taking a bible, (very much like taking a bullet), we save some poor schmoe in a foreign land, but, really – how many bibles can you take? 2? 10? 20? They won’t stop printing the damned things. You might selflessly leap on one grenade, but how are you going to get up and do it over and over again, (to muddle up my simile).

I’m sorry, but I think it’s time someone took a bible for me.

That was my thought, too. The last thing I want to do is give the impression that there is more of a demand for the things than there really is.

Be careful. You may think requesting a free bible looks pretty harmless, but I wouldn’t give these people my personal details if they promised me tickets to the Superbowl and plane tickets to get there. I can already see the godspam flooding my physical mailbox.

@#18: Most of the “evangelical” branches of the xian cults consider the Catholics as non-‘saved’. The Baptists (I was raised in a Baptist home) preach that the Catholics are all going to Hell.

Which, BTW, is one of the fundamental reasons that Christians are not nearly as dangerous as muslims. While the muslim superstition is somewhat fragmented, it is much easier to play the “both ends against the middle” game with Christians. When you can get them all stirred up about each other, it distracts them from more dangerous pursuits, like political repression of atheists.

P.S. It appears that this site has something against Firefox. I had to use the MS virus-magnet to post this.
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“without the 2nd Amendment, the rest of the document is just wishful thinking”

Thou shalt not challenge Patricia on her knowledge of verses.
Thou shall surprise and delight her with quotes from Cervantes and Balzac! Thereby causing great gales of giggling and twirling in the universe.

You dudes are one collection of sick puppies. So there’s no god! Why waste your life on a ‘there’s no god website?’ …. or a ‘there’s no Santa Clause’ website …. or a ‘I don’t believe in the Easter Bunny website?’ If there’s no god, get over it!! Get a life ….. like a job … or a hobby …… why not party more, before you’re so old you’ve lost your mind and soil your diapers all the time. I don’t believe in a lot of things, but I sure do not waste what little time I have in this life hanging out on a ‘I don’t believe in whatever’ websites! There are a ton of multiplayer games out here that are way more fun than hanging out with a bunch of I-don’t believe-in-god-or-whatever sickos who seemed obsessed with not believing in something, not to mention, obsessed with dissing other people who believe in whatever you don’t believe in. You all need to see Dr. Phil …. Big Time! Get a life! Do something useful … or at least something fun.

Wait, I should start doing something useful with my life… like playing multiplayer online games!?!? Shit dude, why not just get a good smack habit? Horse is way more fun than WoW and only slightly more addictive and socially destructive.

Look Leuc, it isn’t called “making fun” because it isn’t fun. And you’re the one who apparently watches Dr. Phil so don’t EVER tell me I’ve wasted a second of my life.

If these are the good versions with the fine thin paper, we could repurpose them as pads of origami practice paper.

Come to think of it, I wonder what would happen to a busker that set up a stand creating paper frogs etc. out of bible pages at a couple of bucks a pop? One or two free bibles could set him up for the summer.

Leucine,”You dude are one sick puppy. So there’s no fun! Why waste your life on a ‘there’s no fun website?’

What are you doing here on this thread, wasting your precious gaming time ?
“I don’t believe in a lot of things, but I sure do not waste what little time I have in this life hanging out on a ‘I don’t believe in whatever’ websites!”

Well, I find a lot of things unfunny, but I sure do not waste what little time I have in this life trying to convince people it is unfunny…

Just imagine what could be bought if all the money spent on manufacturing and mailing those bibles- and on the website space for that link- were spent on food, clothing and real education instead of spreading ancient superstition to people who need those former things much more.

I do remember when we received our grandmother’s Bible after my uncle died. This was a Bible printed in the 1800s and it had a Temperance Pledge page and she made him sign it. According to my father he didn’t keep the pledge.

I did a similar thing, writing “Thank you and may God bless,” in the comment section.

Sending in a Bible request brought me back to my high school days, when we would sneak out of our dorms (I went to a boarding school) past lights out to go smoke in the basement bathroom. I have not felt this sketchy in a long time.

Earlier today I was walking across the campus of the University of Wisconsin. It was saturated with smiling men handing out free “testaments”. They were the cheap little kind with tiny print and were completely useless for wrapping fish or garbage or gifts. I was offered several but I ignored the offers.

Now for the good news… Hundreds – perhaps thousands – of young students were wandering by, too. I did not see one of them take a bible.

Man, I’ve got a really good version of the Old Testament from my sophemore year of high school (Jewish Confirmation, strangely enough). In the margins are all of my notes about inconsistencies and bad laws.

Have you heard of the bible smugglers? They try to sneak copies of bibles into countries like China and Islamic countries. I think they want to get caught too. Part of their martyr persecution complex I reckon. The funny thing is as far as China is concerned bible smuggling is a waste of time as you can legally buy bibles in China…http://www.journeyonline.com.au/showArticle.php?categoryId=2&articleId=776

What I’ve always wondered though is how they smuggle bibles in? Do they stick one in a condom and then stick it up their arse?

During my stint in the army, I made sure to accept any of the free bibles they were handing out.

they’re compact, they’re useful for lots of projects, they’re good for reminding you of all the crazy shit in the bible, and if you ever get confronted by a fundangelical, it’s wonderful when you can whip one out and they cant.

I mean, they’re fundamentally unprepared for a discussion already, they may as well forget their textbook too. I love pointing out where they misquote.

once upon a time I went to church, even went to a church school but I no longer go to church. I have followed my own path and have been content to argue and reason with friends and others over religion and philosophy. I was content to let others live their lives and believe as they wished and respect thoes trying to live an honorable life.

Things have changed for the worse in the last few years. The growth of militant religion and its conflicts and absolutist practices all over the whole world has forced me to change my mind some. Most of the world is now threatened by theocracy of one kind or another and I find that I must resist this tyranny along the other more well known forms of fascism and communism . When militant fundamentalist religion and politics join all liberty is threatened!

Only by resisting openly and speaking freely is liberty preserved not by slipping in the background and “getting a life” and partying!
Taking a stand and being involved is getting a life in its full meaning and implications.
If you think that these religionists are not a threat you have not been paying attention. If you think this struggle is against god you are not paying attention.
There are no “super natural beings” only people and their ideas so the struggle is against people who want to control everyone according to a “story” they think is true in all ways and who see that all means justify the ends. So go ahead and party but on when they come for you don’t act surprised.

300,000 Bibles to new believers across the globe in places like Egypt, Colombia, Iraq, Solomon Islands, Malaysia, Zambia, Togo, Austria, Pakistan and Iran

Obviously Austria is a misprint. They meant Australia. We are sorely in need of saving down here. A poll was released today that said if you Americans were to let us vote for you nearly three quarters of all Australians would vote for Obama.

The gay community bankrupted Jerry Falwell’s group a couple decades ago by ordering free bibles from him, often sent to ficticious addresses (which meant double postage, more than the price of printing them). Now that would be wrong, that’s for sure, but sometimes wrong is right.

Ploon @ 22
“Be careful. You may think requesting a free bible looks pretty harmless, but I wouldn’t give these people my personal details if they promised me tickets to the Superbowl and plane tickets to get there. I can already see the godspam flooding my physical mailbox.”

This was the first thing I thought of as well. Not the sort of people I’d want to have my home address.

Do I have them send me one in hopes that some potential future infidel will be left uncorrupted, or do I pass it up because in all likelihood it won’t be the NRSV + Apocrypha I’ve wanted for some time? (Right now, if I need a Bible, I usually use the New American Bible. But I’d really rather have one with all the Greek books, not just the ones the Catholic Church liked.)

Wouldn’t ‘The Bible According to the Ilk’ be a gut buster. Imagine the Song of Soloman translated by Bride of Shrek, Scooter, Quiet Desperation and myself…then Genesis 1 by PZ, Genesis 2 by Holbach.

My head is twirling over the thought of SoS being rewritten by that group.
We would also have to make room for Blake Stacey and Truth Machine somewhere. It might be interesting to find some books for the libertarians to play with–say Leviticus.

Nerd of Redhead – No doubt Blake Stacey is going to volunteer to translate all of the parts about Asses. That is his area of brilliant expertise.Perhaps we could lure MAJeff back if we offer him Leviticus!
I know we have a Unicornist or two here. Ichthyic should be up to Jonah.
Who wants the Begats?
Oh yeah, Truth Machine – genocides. ;o)

For anyone who wants entertainment delivered to your door: Order a free copy of the book of Mormon. They actually send two poor mormon interns to your door for skewering. Ahh… cheap laughs. I recommend it.

“There are a ton of multiplayer games out here that are way more fun than hanging out [here]”

Pbbbt. No there aren’t. I watched a guy playing a MMORPG in college once. Just ran around a big area killing random things while illiterates “chatted” in the bottom of the screen. I guess if that’s your idea of “fun”, then have at it.

I take free bibles whenever I can, so I can help rid the world of such trash. Someone at my library often puts some on the table by the book return in the lobby. There’s some blather on the inside cover about free bibles for anyone who needs one. Every time my 11 year old son sees them, he takes them and gleefully throws them in the trash can. That’s my boy!

#30:
You seem to be under the mistaken impression that what we’re doing isn’t fun. And ridiculing people with the improbable name of Leucine Zipper is really fun. You don’t qualify strictly as a concern troll…kvetch troll perhaps?
Come back soon and tell us all the fun and worthwhile things you’ve accomplished Ms. Fly. We can’t wait.

Seeing how many of you wonder why “X” country is on the list when they are mostly Catholic…..well duh, Catholics aren’t real christians! I was channel surfing and stopped long enough on a fundie show to learn that the various South American countries need to be saved from the Pope. Thats right, battle of the missionaries. Next on Fox!

For every Bible you trash or burn, more will find their way into the hands of people in other countries. Face it – you cannot keep up. You will not deprive someone somewhere else of a Bible as you are undoubtedly hoping. You will only cause more people to receive more Bibles than if you had never ordered on in the first place.

Maybe, but those bibles still cost money to print, and the ones received here will be put to better use.

Getting a Bible for free is quite easy, any churches will hand you one if you are interested, or they visit your home. I had to turn down evangelists coming to my home handing them out, I have six or so already from all the previous visits. O.o

I feel more sorry than contemptuous for Mormon missionaries. The thing to do, if you’re so inclined to invite them in at all, is to offer them a beverage and give them a little time to get off their feet, as long as they don’t talk religion.

Whether you actually keep the BoM is up to you; I can say that I have a copy myself and I have to agree with Mark Twain about it being chloroform in print. I keep it on a shelf next to two Bible, two Qurans, and a copy of Science and Health. (Also some fun stuff by Karen Armstrong, Burton Mack, and others.)

I just ordered one for my daughter, after all she does want to become a youth minister, and I think turn around is fair play as she got me a Bible last year for my Birthday, seems she wants to convert her old heathen Dad

and to #103, dont keep taking those bibles from the table, it only encourages them to ad more, some good strong epoxy resin or a nail gun would be better used to prevent the weak from succumbing

you don’t even have to copy/paste into a new session, just click in the address bar and hit enter, it’ll reload the page as if you had typed it in manually and won’t give a referral URL to their site, and it loads right up.

That’s the trouble, Andrew G (comment #78), when you just take a drop down menu and just use it unchanged on a web form. I am always amused when I read the title description list on the Australian Tax Office’s etax. You can pick “Mr, Mrs, Miss, Ms, or even Dr or Prof.” if you want, but if you have any style you can also pick “His or Her Royal Highness.” I have sent off for my free bible, I have a soft spot for it out in the back garden. I just hope it’s biodegradable.

Why the sniveling, cowardly bastards! They don’t even have the courage to trust that their gawd will punish us.
I’m thoroughly disgusted with the whole lot of the worms. Where’s the threats of hell fire & fatwa envy? *snort*
At least with Big Bad Bill we get bluster and a blowhard the size of Godzilla.